Baby-carriage.



A. J. ADAMS.

BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 6, 1906.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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A. J. ADAMS.

BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.6, 1906.

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To all whom it may concern:

' UNITEns TEs PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. ADAMS, or cfII'oAeo, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FULTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFOHIOAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

BABY-CARRIAGE.

Be it known that I, An'rI-IUR J. ADAMs,-- a

. citizen of the Lnited States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of IlllIlOlS, have invented a new and useful Imrovement in Baby-Carriages, of which the 'ollowing is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to gocarts or folding baby carriages adapted peculiarly for use in traveling, owin to their capability of being folded co iled The present invention constitutes an improvement upon'the baby carriage described and claimed in my Patent No. 789310, granted May 9, 1905.

My primary object is to provide improve ments in the seat, back and foot-support of baby carriages.

The invention is illustrated in the accom-- panying drawings, in wl1ich- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a carriage constructed in accordance with my llllprovements, certain portions being broken away; Fig. 2, a broken perspective view illustrating the connection between one of the side flaps of the flexible back and the seatsupporting frame; Fig. I}, H broken perspective view illustrating a detail of the connection between a reversible boot or guard and an adjustable foot-rest; Fig. 4, a side elevational view of the carriage showing the back of the seat and the adjustable foot-support in different positions from those illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig-5, a broken section taken as indicated at line 5 of Fig. 1 and showing a iortion of the running-gear frame; Fig. 6, a broken, longitudinal section illustrating the adjustable foot-support in the same position as shown in Fig. 4, but with the'reversible boot or guard in the osition illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 7, a bro en erspective view illustrating the manner 0 connecting the adjustable foot-support with the running ear frame and with the seat-supporting tion of the link connections between the front edge of the seat and the seat-supporting frame.

n the preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated, A represents a runningge'ar frame equipped with hinged wheel-supports Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August G, 1906. Serial No. 329,33li.

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A provided with spindles upon which are journaled the wheels At; B, a rearwardly in.- clined handle connected with the rear end of the frame A; C, a folding seat-support provided with means for maintaining its rigidity in use, said seat-support having pivotal connection at its front end with the front portion of therunning-gear frame and pivotal connection at its rear end with the upper portion of the handle and being foldable upon itself and in relation to the runninggear frame in the manner described in said Patent No. 789,310; D, a seat equip 'ed with a flexible back-D and D an a justable foot-rest e uipped with a reversible foot or foot-guard The running-gear frame, the wheel su ports foldably connected therewith, and tl ie folding seat-sup )ort C are fully described and claimed in the above-mentioned atent. It may be added, however, that the olding seat-support 0' comprises foldable sidemembers 0 composed of upper and lower links 1 and 2 respectively, pivotally connected together at 3, the upper end of the link 1 being connected, by a pivot 4, with the adi'acent handlebar and the lower end of the ink 2 being connected, by the pivot. d, with the front portion of the corresponding of the runnin -gear frame. The links 1 and 2 are releasab secured in the extended position b sprin ield lockingdevices 6, in a well 1111 erstoo manner.

The seat D is sus ended between flexible side-members d whic 1 are connected at their lower edges rods d shown in Fig. 5 as extending parallel with the side-members a of the running-gear frame A, and said sidemembers d are connected at their upper edges with the foldable side-members c of the seat-supporting frame The seat is shown, in Fig. 6, as comprising a board d and a pad d with-cfifvermgs of leather, or the like, d (1 At thefront edge of the seat is formed a loop d which receives a transversely extendin rod d provided at its ends with eyes d (Fig. 9 movable upon vertical links (1 whose upper ends are e nipped ,with out-turned hooks d which pass tihrou 11 eyes with which the side members 0 of t e seat -supporting frame are provided, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower ends of the rods or links cl are expanded and support washers d", which, in turn, support coil springs d upon which the eyes d of the transverse rod drest. Thus, the front edge of the seat is linked to the side members of the seat-supporting frame and is also spring the loop 65" and its down turned extremities;

engage eyes (1 with which theside members I) of the handle are provided, as more fully described in the above-mentioned patent.

When the back is in the folded, more upright condition shd'wn in Fig; 4, which cor res ends with the sitting posture of the chi d, the rod (Z passes through the loop (1 .1

in a well-understood manner and engages e es (1 with which the side-members c of t e seat-supporting frame are provided,ras more cleary shown in said patent. The back D is provided with side flaps d which extend virtually the full length'of both sections of the-back. In the extended condition of the hack, the flaps d? are raised to the osition indicated in Fig. 1, and clamping lfooks (Z which are provided'at the free lateral edges of the flaps are caused to. en'- gage the side members'c of the seat-support ing frame. In this position, the front margins d of the side flaps-fit inside the rear margins c1 of the side membersd'. When it is desired to adjust the back to the position corresponding with the sitting posture,-the flaps (Z are disengaged from the members 0 of the seat-supporting frame and dropped downwardly and folded beneath the back;

whereupon the'upger section d flof the back is folded downwar ly upon the lower section and buttons d with which the upper section (2 ofthe back is equipped at its upper edge are caused to engage button sockets (i with which the side flaps d areprovided near their lower portions. at any desired time, the rod (2 is removed from the loop (1 inserted in the loop (1 and caused to engage the eyes d of'the side members 0 of the seat=supportingframel The foot-support D comprises an adjustable frame (1 joined by pivot'sd? to the front portions of the members 0 ofthe seatsu a! constituting the front end of tlie fi-afiis d, said flexible material having side flags chamber (Z for the childs feet; and a footboard (Z contained in the bottom of said chamber at a suitable inclination.

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ortin frame near the front pivoted of I mem ers; flexible material d gaining. the front edge of the seat 1) with a ress-red justable framed comprises side members d whose front ends carry-the cross-rod (1 links 11 joined to. thef rear downwardly curved ends of the linksd? and provided with slots (1 having offsets d at theirup er ends affording locking shoulders (1 an a cross-rod d connecting'the links d near their lowerends. The side members a of the running-gearjframe are equip ed with in wardly'projecting studs (2 whic engage the slots d. When the foot-rest frame (Z is raised to the position shown in Fig. 7, the weight of the rod d serves to cause the lockshoulders d to engage the studs (1, whereby the frame-is locked in its elevated osition.v When it is desired to release the ame in order to drop? the foot-support to the position shown in ig. 6, this is accom plished by raising the; rod 1, thereby freeing the, links d"- -from looking engagement with the studs (1, permitting the foot-support to "The eat, or guard, D comprises flexible material d forming a continuation of the flexible material (1 which in turn forms a continuation of theflexibleiseat covering (1, d "an'da U-shaped frame member d (Fig. 8) which serves to give a rectangular outline to the body, of-t hinged on the transverserod d .nects the sidef'member'sfordin frame d ivhTheb'ootbod provided at its ends with triangular flap; L provided with double' buttons cl ada tedito engage sockets d with which thesi s m berska of the frame do are rovidedat ia distance from their front en s. The connectionis illustrated indetail in Fig; 3,- and frornFi s.

4, '6 and 8 "-it will be .understood that the hoot maybe turned down and the-flaps d cone gusirdEj/lfhii boot is nected with the members dof the frame d in one position, or the boot may be turned embraces he chamber? of the foot-supoin de'scriptiomit will be he. ack Dl may be used in ion shown in Fig. 1, or it h the position corresponding wit itheflsitting posture, as shown in Fig. 4. The fest-support is ordinaril thejraised-i positioni'jwhen the hack is in the inclined position shown in Fig. 1, and it may be employed in the raised position when the back isinthe position shown'in Fig. 4. The boot maybe inthe raised or operative position whenever so desired, and will serve as a means for tucking in robes, and may also serve as a means for carrying small parcels.

The ad- When it is desired to leave the carriage in employed in such condition that the child may get out of feet is to provide ago-cart of very great usefulness at very'moderate cost.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only, and no undue limitation is to be understood therefrom.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

,1. In a baby carriage, the combination of a running-gear frame, a seat-supporting frame pivotally connected with the running-gear frame, a seat suspended on the seat-supporting frame, a foot-support frame pivotally connected with the seat-supporting frame, and means for locking the foot-support frame in the elevated position.

2. In a baby carriage, the combination of a runnin -gear frame, a seat-su porting frame pivotaly connected therewitli, a seat suspended on the seat-supporting frame, 'a footsupport frame pivota y connected with the seat-supporting frame and having members projecting in the rear of the pivotal connections, links pivotally connected with the ends of said members and provided with locking shoulders, and locking-shoulders carried by the running-gear frame and co-acting with said first-named locking shoulders, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a baby carriage, the combination of a running-gear frame, a scat-su )porting frame pivotally connected therewit 1, a seat suspended on said seat-slmporting frame, a footsupport pivoted on the seat-supporting frame and having members projecting in the rear of its pivotal support, links pivotally connected-with said members and provided with locking shoulders, a cross-member connecting said links, and locking shoulders carried by t] 10 running-gear-frame and coacting with the said first-named locking shoulders.

4. In a baby carriage, the combination of a running-gear frame, a handle ivotally connected with the rear portion t rercof, a foldable seat-supporting frame pivotally joined at its rear end to the upper portion of the handle and pivotally joined at its front end to the front portion of the running-gear frame, a seat supported on said seat-supporting frame, a foot-support pivoted on said seat-sup orting frame above thepivotal connection etween the seat-supporting frame and running-gear frame, and means for locking the foot-support in the elevated osition.

5. In a baby carriage, the com ination with a running-gear frame having side members a equipped with inwardly projecting studs, and a scat-support having folding side members a pivotally joined at their front ends with the front ends of the members a, of a foot-support comprising a frame having side members pivotally joined between their ends to the side members 0 and havin a connecting member at their front ends, inks pivotally connected with the rear ends of the side members of said foot-support frame and having slots engaging said studs, and a transverse member connecting said links.

6. In a baby-carriage, the combination of a running-gear frame, a seat, an adjustable foot-sup ort chambered to receive the childs feet,-ancf a reversible boot or foot-guard movably connected with said chambered footsupport.

7. In a baby earriage, the combination of afoot-support havin a chamber forthe child's feet, and a pivote reversible uard having flaps reversibly connected with the foot thecombination of foot-guard, reversible flaps connectedwith the ends of said guard, and means for securing said flaps to the foot-support in both the operative and inoperative positions of the guard.

9. In a baby carriage, the combination of a running-gear frame, a handle, a seat-supporting frame, a seat, links pivotally connected with the seat-supporting frame and equipped with springs, means supported on said springs and supporting the front ortion of the seat, and means supporting t e rear portion of the seat.

10. In a baby carriage, the combination of a running-gear frame, a handle, a seat-supporting frame, links pivotally connected with the seat-supporting frame and equipped with springs, a transverse member supported on said springs, a seat having its front portion sup orted on said transverse member, and flexible means supporting the rear portion of the seat.

11. In a baby-carriage, the combination of a running-gear frame, a handle, a seat-supporting frame, a seat having its front portion connected with said seat-sup orting frame, a flexible back connected witfi the rear portion of the seat, and side flaps connected with the flexible back and having edges extending substantially parallel with the side-members of the seat sup'porting frame and equipped with means detachably engaging said' side members.

12. In ababy carriage, the combination of a running-gear frame, a handle, a foldable seat-supporting frame comprising side members pivotally oined at their rear ends with the upper portion of said handle and pivotally joined at their front ends with the front portion of said running-gear frame, a seat, means suspending the front portion of said seat from said scat-supporting frame, a flexible back connected with the rear portion of the seat, means for connecting the upper edge of said flexible back with said handle, and side flaps connected with the flexible back and equipped'at their free lateral edges with hooks clampingly engaging the side members of the seat-supporting frame.

13. The combination of a running-gear I frame, a handle,a seat-supporting frame, a

reversible flaps provided with doub foot-support frame having side members pivotally connected with the seat-supporting frame and equi ped with button-sockets, and a foot-guar reversibly connected with the seat-supporting frame and equipped with e buttons adapted toengage said sockets, for'the purpose set forth.

14. The combination of a horizontal runhing-gear frame, .a seat-sup ort foldable substantially into the plane 0 the running- 7 gear frame, a seat suspended from said seat siipport, a back, means for adjusting said posture, a foot-support frame, pivotal sup% ports therefor, and independent means "for locking said foot-support frame when it is raised to an elevated position.

15. The combination with a horizontal running-gear frame, a seat-support foldable with relation to said frame, and handle adapted to fold forward onto said fra; e, of a foot-support frame, ivotal supports therefor, and means for e ecting automatic looking of said foot-support frame when the same is raised to the elevated position,

J. H. LANDES, C. \V. VVAsHBURNEQ back for a sitting posture and for a reclining 

